Bernice “Bunny” Menear McClain
Bernice “Bunny” Menear McClain, age 89, of Point Marion, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in Wishing Well Manor, Fairmont, West Virginia. Born March 12, 1918, in Kingwood, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Wallace J. and Cecil M. Menear.
“Bunny” worked on submarine manufacture in Groton, Connecticut, during the latter part of World War II.
She was a homemaker and mother to daughters, Donna McClain Thorn of Fairmont, West Virginia, and Linda A. Sargent of Mt. Airy, Maryland. In later years, she was employed by the Albert Gallatin School System in the local school cafeteria.
She was predeceased by her husband, Jack C. McClain, parents, sisters, Mary LaRue and Lucille “Jackie” Robbins, brother, Bill Menear, and son-in-law, Ronald F. Sargent.
In addition to her daughters, she is survived by son-in-law, David M. Thorn; two grandchildren: Chris Sargent of Belle Mead, New Jersey, and Heather Hibbard and her husband, Ron, of Mt. Airy, Maryland; two great-grandchildren: Allyson Shea Hibbard and Madelyn Sargent Hibbard, Mt. Airy, Maryland; and several nieces and nephews.
She will also be remembered by special friends, Lee and Bonnie Shields of Greenbelt, Maryland, and Roger Thomas, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
There will be no visitation and interment will be private. Arrangements are in the care of the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, 501 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be offered to the Point Marion United Methodist Church, 500 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, PA 15474.